Unicyces
01-02-2005, 02:56
From wired news (http://www.wired.com/)
Stop the Press
Is "freedom of the press," like the "Geneva convention," becoming a quaint anachronism? One in three American high school students believe the press should be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, a new survey says. Thirty-six percent of the 112,000 students polled think that newspapers should have to get government approval before printing a story, while 51 percent believe papers should be able to publish freely, according to a First Amendment rights survey conducted by the University of Connecticut. The concept of a free press being essential to a free society appears to be eroding and that, my fellow Americans, is very dangerous indeed.
-- Tony Long
Sort of disturbing, isn't it?
Stop the Press
Is "freedom of the press," like the "Geneva convention," becoming a quaint anachronism? One in three American high school students believe the press should be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, a new survey says. Thirty-six percent of the 112,000 students polled think that newspapers should have to get government approval before printing a story, while 51 percent believe papers should be able to publish freely, according to a First Amendment rights survey conducted by the University of Connecticut. The concept of a free press being essential to a free society appears to be eroding and that, my fellow Americans, is very dangerous indeed.
-- Tony Long
Sort of disturbing, isn't it?